WB do i do adjust with camera or LR
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i should add at this point that i'm colourblind and have in the past had to rely on my girlfriend telling me if the white balance is out on my shots. using awb and adjusting as needed in pp works for me but others won't have my particular problem lol
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it all depends upon what way you want your workflow set out dude. some prefer to set it right in camera some in pp.
2 methods with one result in my eyes.
definitely try shooting raw though, the flexibility it offers over jpeg is great. just remember that it's not a get out of jail free card though lol
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Setting a custom WB with a 18% gray card (it takes very little time) can save lots of PP time ( in PS just click as shot)
Or a shot of the gray card will give a reference point so that even if the monitor is not prefect or your eyes are not perfect you should get a good result
Or a shot of the gray card will give a reference point so that even if the monitor is not prefect or your eyes are not perfect you should get a good result
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The grey card is mostly used by studio photographers, so that once they have set the lights up they, they take a few pics with the model holding a grey card, and when they come to post process the images they can just click on the grey card with a neutral colour picker, and that colour value can be applied to all the images.
Even though you're shooting RAW you should try to get the image as best you can in the camera.
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Are you sure about that? (I don't know for sure) It sounds about the daftest thing I have ever heard.
Grey card is used to take setting before you shoot.
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Quite sure.
It could be done either way, but should the lighting change, rather than taking another WB reading off the Grey Card, you just take another pic with the model holding said card and carry on.
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Quite sure.
It could be done either way, but should the lighting change, rather than taking another WB reading off the Grey Card, you just take another pic with the model holding said card and carry on.
Sorry it just sounds dafter and dafter. BUT I have never used a grey card... i just dont understand why.. if you ahve a grey card you take the reading and shoot perfectly exposed pictures... your not supposed to photogrpah the grey card for correcting later.. thats not how it works.. I struggle with the concept of using a grey card so you can take a bad picture and easier to fix later..
But nothing should suprise me nowerdays
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It's not to take a bad picture, as you try to get the WB correct at time of capture, but to get totally accurate colour in post processing.
It's just what I've seen, it's not something I do, as I don't do studio pics. :shrug: Although it can be used anywhere.
It's just what I've seen, it's not something I do, as I don't do studio pics. :shrug: Although it can be used anywhere.
Sorry it just sounds dafter and dafter. BUT I have never used a grey card... i just dont understand why.. if you ahve a grey card you take the reading and shoot perfectly exposed pictures... your not supposed to photogrpah the grey card for correcting later.. thats not how it works.. I struggle with the concept of using a grey card so you can take a bad picture and easier to fix later..
But nothing should suprise me nowerdays
From your statement above it`s obvious you`ve never used a grey card.
White balance has no influence on Exposure only on colour and in particular Kelvin some flashes/strobes have different Kelvin and this affects colour.
If you shoot Raw then you have to do some processing anyway for sharpness and WB is proberly just one click, not really big deal.
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Raw only records what light hit the sensor . Even the color of daylight changes depending on time of day, time of year or weather, custom wb or gray card image gives the PP software a neutral starting point. Unless you know your monitor and eyes are prefect it is a good place to start
KIPAX said:Sorry it just sounds dafter and dafter. BUT I have never used a grey card... i just dont understand why.. if you ahve a grey card you take the reading and shoot perfectly exposed pictures... your not supposed to photogrpah the grey card for correcting later.. thats not how it works.. I struggle with the concept of using a grey card so you can take a bad picture and easier to fix later..
But nothing should suprise me nowerdays
Well if I want accurate colour representation I would go further. Get the model to hold up a passport colour checker each time you change position on a location or change lighting. It's not daft its quick, one shot holding it up and keep on going. If you are shooting RAW you don't win any prizes for having a custom WB setting, that's only needed if you are shooting jpg. In post you use special software which generates a custom camera profile not just white balance, for each lighting scenario and you batch apply it to the shots from each series.
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I thought raw just records what it sees and white balance was to change what our eyes interpret as white, to actual white.
I never change the WB from auto when I am shooting raw and do the tweaking in Lightroom, either by using one of the presets, or using the dropper tool on a known neutral tone, so if there was something I knew to be 18% grey that would be perfect to use.
I never change the WB from auto when I am shooting raw and do the tweaking in Lightroom, either by using one of the presets, or using the dropper tool on a known neutral tone, so if there was something I knew to be 18% grey that would be perfect to use.
It depends on the situation - outside in 'normal' daylight, AWB will get things right most of the time. If indoors or using artificial light then a grey card (or colour checker passport) or custom WB will make things easier in PP.
I recently had to take some shots of my daughter while we were on holiday - the place we were at had a red and yellow circus tent, and were supervising children to have a go at various simple acrobatics. Using my colour checker Passport for a one-off colour profile was much simpler than trying to correct the colour cast manually in pp!
I recently had to take some shots of my daughter while we were on holiday - the place we were at had a red and yellow circus tent, and were supervising children to have a go at various simple acrobatics. Using my colour checker Passport for a one-off colour profile was much simpler than trying to correct the colour cast manually in pp!